Friend, 

Every year, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) brings together people from around the world to take action on the most pressing challenges of our time. Leaders from across our diverse global community will gather to share ideas, form partnerships, and launch real solutions that improve lives. 

In a message to the CGI community this week, President Clinton shared why this year’s meeting will be unlike any before. As global needs grow, the stakes are higher and the way we respond has to change. CGI 2025 will continue to focus on working across issues, across sectors, and across borders to chart what’s next. 

The CGI Annual Meeting is where it all comes together and you can be part of it — no matter where you are.

Read President Clinton’s full message below and save your spot. 

I hope you'll join us,  

Greg Milne  
Chief Executive Officer   
Clinton Global Initiative 

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From: Bill Clinton
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025

To the CGI community, 

As leaders on the front lines of our world’s toughest challenges, you know better than anyone: the global development community is at an unprecedented crossroads, with growing humanitarian needs, fewer resources, and the landscape changing every day. 

Given the scope of the challenges we face, this year’s CGI meeting will be different — by necessity. We need to redefine how we show up, how we work, and how we find ways to honor our common humanity. This September, our goal will be to connect dots across issues, expose the consequences, and confront the complicated issues in front of us. 

The CGI community is built for moments like this. This year marks two decades of our community convening and responding directly to global crises — from the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti; to the U.S. economic downturn in 2009 with the launch of CGI America; to the Ebola outbreaks in 2014, 2015, and 2016; to the Caribbean hurricanes in 2017; to the COVID-19 pandemic; and more. We’ve launched more than 4,100 Commitments that have improved the lives of over 500 million people worldwide. 

We’re drawing on 20 years of lessons, momentum, and partnerships to meet this moment and build what’s next. 

Our programming and our physical space will be designed for action. Our time together will be focused on new working group convenings — sessions where project plans are drafted, commitments are accelerated, and coalitions begin to take root. Every participant will be urged to ask the hard questions, contribute their expertise, and identify paths forward. 

Now is the time to stand up and roll up our sleeves — and do our part to reverse the trend lines and begin charting a brighter future.

I hope you’ll join us. The world needs you more than ever.

Bill Clinton